Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best places in the right set already taken, and they do not want back seats.

One man may be more cunning than another, but no one can be more cunning than all the world.

There are heroes of wickedness, as there are of goodness.

When our vices desert us, we flatter ourselves that we are deserting our vices.

We should not judge a man's merits by his great qualities, but by the use he makes of them.

The great interests of man: air and light, the joy of having a body, the voluptuousness of looking.

We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.